Sands China Holds Sands Supplier Excellence Awards and Sands Procurement Academy Graduation
Recognises committed suppliers with excellent service and provides encouragement to local SMEs
(Macao,
Dec. 4, 2020) – Sands China Ltd. celebrated the
achievements of some of its most outstanding suppliers
Friday, while also recognising two groups of local SMEs,
with back-to-back ceremonies at The Venetian®
Macao.
The 2020
Sands Supplier Excellence Awards were held at
The Venetian Theatre, directly following a ceremony
honouring the 7th and 8th intake of local SME suppliers
to graduate from the Sands Procurement
Academy.
It was the
first time the two ceremonies were held together at one
event, providing a unique and valuable opportunity for
graduates of the Sands Procurement Academy to gain
encouragement and inspiration by witnessing the
successes of some of Sands China's suppliers, which
include local
SMEs.
A total of
eight winners were announced across seven categories for
the 2020 Sands Supplier Excellence
Awards:
- Corporate Culture & Sustainability: China Travel Service (Macao) Limited
- Small Medium Enterprise (SME): Macexpo Exhibition Co., Ltd.
- Quality Management: Yuet Tung Shipping Company Ltd.
- Service Excellence: Man Heng Decoration and Furniture Engineering
- Innovation: Cyberbox-Chic Industries Ltd.
- Cost Management: Wai Hung Hong Decoration and Design Company Ltd.
- Project Delivery: Peter Silling & Associates Hotel Interior Design Limited (PSA) and Sundart Engineering Services (Macau) Limited
Now in its
eighth year, the Sands Supplier Excellence Awards is a
global initiative of Sands China's parent company, Las
Vegas Sands Corp., and acknowledges the cooperation and
services of some of the company's most noteworthy
suppliers worldwide. Award winners in Macao are selected
each year by a judging committee composed of Sands China
executive
management.
Dr. Wilfred
Wong, president of Sands China Ltd., said: "Each year,
the Sands Supplier Excellence Awards recognises the
outstanding performance and unrelenting efforts of all
our partners who remain steadfast in working
side-by-side with Sands China. Our company's
determination to continue investing in Macao during such
difficult times remains unwavering, and we sincerely
appreciate the key role our major partners have played
in the company's business and strategy. Furthermore, we
wish the best for our Sands Procurement Academy
graduates and hope their training helps them advance
their enterprises and leads them to receiving their own
awards in the
future."
Notwithstanding
the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on
Macao's economy and the tourism industry, Sands China
has maintained work on large projects like the Grand
Suites at Four Seasons and The Londoner Macao. Likewise,
the company's commitment to local SMEs has not waned
during the pandemic period. The recent three-day Sands
Shopping Carnival in August supported the MSAR
government's Consume for the Economy initiative and
provided a free business platform for local SMEs and
Sands retailers amid the pandemic period, while creating
a new weekend destination for local residents and
tourists.
The Sands
Procurement Academy graduation ceremony honoured
a total of 54 graduating local SMEs, 19 of whom were
exhibitors at the Sands Shopping Carnival. Since the
founding of the academy in 2017, nearly 240 suppliers
have enrolled in the programme and 226 have graduated,
including Friday's 7th and 8th intake
graduates.
Guests of
honour at the graduation ceremony were Zhang Jianhua,
assistant director general of the economic affairs
department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's
Government in the Macao SAR; Chan Hon Sang, deputy
director of the Macao Economic Bureau; Shuen Ka Hung,
director general of the Macau Productivity and
Technology Transfer Center; Chui Yuk Lum, vice president
of the board of directors of the Macao Chamber of
Commerce; Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China
Ltd.; various Sands China executives; and
representatives of local
suppliers.
Immediately
following Friday's event, the graduating suppliers were
invited to participate in a business matching session.
They were able to meet some of Sands China's procurement
department buyers face-to-face, in order to establish
direct communications for future potential business
opportunities.
While
initially targeting local suppliers of four types –
small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
micro-enterprises, Macao young entrepreneurs, and
"Made-in-Macao" enterprises – Sands China opened up the
academy's enrolment to all local SMEs in Macao last
year, providing opportunities for a wider scope of SMEs
to benefit from the skills and knowledge offered by the
Sands Procurement Academy's
professionals.
The Sands
Procurement Academy is co-organised with the Macao
Chamber of Commerce and the Macau Productivity and
Technology Centre (CPTTM). Focused on delivering
practical knowledge to its participating SMEs, it is a
first-of-its-kind industry training. The academy's goal
is to help SMEs gain experience and capacity for working
with large-scale international corporations like Sands
China by sharing business knowledge and skills with
local SME suppliers to promote the development of their
businesses.
Sands China's
various efforts to support Macao's SMEs are part of the
company's Local Small, Medium and Micro Suppliers
Support Programme, and its initiatives like the
F.I.T. programme, which offers Financial
Support, Invitational Matching, and
Training and Development. This focus on local
SMEs is in line with the Macao government's initiative
to "buy local" and demonstrates Sands China's commitment
to supporting local enterprises as part of the company's
corporate social responsibility efforts. It is part of
Sands China's supplier relationship management strategy,
which guides the company's long-standing effort to
support local suppliers, whom it views as its strategic
partners.
Photo caption: Sands China executives and guests of
honour gather at Friday's joint event at The Venetian Macao for
the 2020 Sands Supplier Excellence Awards and the latest Sands
Procurement Academy graduation
ceremony.
Photo caption: The 7th and 8th intake of local SME
suppliers to graduate from the Sands Procurement Academy are
joined on stage by Sands China executives and guests of honour
Friday at The Venetian Theatre.
Photo caption: Some of Sands China's most outstanding
suppliers are recognised at The 2020 Sands Supplier
Excellence Awards Friday at The Venetian
Theatre.
Photo caption: Award-winning suppliers, Sands Procurement
Academy graduates, Sands China executives, and guests of honour
gather at Friday's joint event at The Venetian Macao for the
2020 Sands Supplier Excellence Awards and the latest Sands
Procurement Academy graduation
ceremony.
Photo caption: Graduates of the Sands Procurement Academy
meet Sands China procurement representatives at a business
matching session Friday at The Venetian Macao, immediately
following a joint event for the 2020 Sands Supplier Excellence
Awards and the latest Sands Procurement Academy graduation
ceremony.